Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford
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TABLE I. SOURCE OF CASES EXAMINED AT THE DISPENSARY.
Diagnosed as suffering from | Applied on own initiative. | Sent by Doctor. | Sent by Health Visitor. | Sent by School or Hospital etc. | Totals. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
(a) Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 48 | 79 | 23 | 45 | 195 |
(b) Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 12 | 21 | 33 | 9 | 75 |
(c) No Tubercular disease | 284 | 71 | 220 | 26 | 601 |
Totals | 344 | 171 | 276 | 80 | 871 |
TABLE II. DETAILS OF CONTACTS.
Examined | Discharged Nun-tubercular | Diagnosed as Tubercular | Remaining under observation | |||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M. | F. | under 16years | Total | M. | F. | under 16 years | Total | M | F. | Under 16 years. | Total | M. | F. | Under 16 years | Total | |
Insured | 7 | 18 | – | 25 | 7 | 11 | – | 18 | 1 | 3 | – | 4 | – | – | – | – |
Non-Insured | 3 | 32 | 244 | 279 | — | 28 | 230 | 258 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 21 | – | – | 3 | 3 |
10 | 50 | 244 | 304 | 7 | 39 | 280 | 273 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 25 | – | – | 3 | 3 |
TABLE III. DETAILS OF PATIENTS' SUFFERING FROM PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS.
Carried forwd, 31 Dec. 1915. | Admitted. 1916. | Total treated, 1916. | Discharged | Died | Left District, etc. | Total Dis. charged | Remaining under treatment, 31 Dec., 1916. 31 Dec, 1916. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Improved | Net Improved | ||||||||
Male | 61 | 115 | 176 | 109 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 143 | 33 |
Female | 79 | 80 | 159 | 88 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 106 | 53 |
140 | 195 | 335 | 197 | 28 | 13 | 11 | 249 | 86 |